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Q2 Literature Test and Vocab Flashcards

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1
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Who looks out onto a brick wall?

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Bartleby

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2
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The overriding tone of most romantic literature is __________.

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Optimism

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3
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Who is Pearl’s father?

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Arthur Dimmesdale

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4
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Who is the narrator of Song of Myself

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Walt Whitman

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5
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Who is considered to be a witch?

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Mistress Hibbins

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6
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This person asks, “What is the grass?”

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The Child (from Song of Myself)

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7
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The quote, “I prefer not to,” is from ________.

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Bartleby the Scrivener (Bartleby)

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8
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Dark romantics believe in the presence of ______.

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Evil

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9
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The quote, “Be true, be true, be true,” is from ____________.

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The Scarlet Letter (Narrator)

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10
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This writer was born in Salem, MA.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The quote, “I am a rather elderly man,” is from ___________.

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Bartleby the Scrivener (Narrator)

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12
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The quote, “I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world,” is from _________.

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Song of Myself (Narrator)

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13
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In many romantic stories, the hero must go here in order to change.

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Nature/ the wilderness

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14
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The quote, “The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the inquisition,” is from __________.

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)

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15
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What writer began to write at the age of 37?

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Walt Whitman

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16
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Harriet Jacobs writes under what pen name?

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Linda Brent

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17
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This writer lived in New York and often wrote about his adventures at sea.

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Herman Mellville

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18
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This writer wrote the first American slave narrative

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Frederick Douglass (Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass)

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19
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In romantic stories, this character represents society

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Women

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20
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Romantics believe that _______ beats reason to the truth.

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Intuition

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21
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The quote, “I celebrate myself and sing myself,” is from _________.

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Song of Myself (Narrator)

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22
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What character ‘sleeps with kings and counselors’?

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Bartleby

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23
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The quote, “Ah humanity,” is from _______.

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Bartleby the Scrivener (Narrator)

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24
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The quote, “If you want me again, look for me under your boot soles,” is from _________.

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Song of Myself (Narrator)

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25
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According to romantics, __________ corrupts a person’s true nature.

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Society

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26
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A romance differs from a novel mostly because of this reason.

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A romance is heavily and noticeably symbolic

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27
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This character was known as ‘The Leech’

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Chillingworth

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28
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This person was born into slavery on the eastern shore of Maryland.

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Frederick Douglass

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29
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These years span the Era of Romanticism

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1820-1860

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30
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What are some themes of romanticism?

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Nature, improbable plots, quest for beauty, remoteness of settings/isolated places, return to the past

31
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What are two characteristics of a romantic hero?

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  • usually male (and usually has difficult relationships with women)
  • loner
32
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Who were some influential American romantics?

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Edgar Allen Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Frederick Douglass, Henry Thoreau, Ralph Emerson, Walt Whitman, Dickinson

33
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What is the difference between Dark Romantics and Romantics?

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Dark romantics believe more in sin, guilt, and evil and are not optimistic like Transcendentalists

34
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What are some themes of dark romanticism?

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sin, guilt, evil, madness, haunting, gothic, darkness

35
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Who were two influential BRITISH Romantics?

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Wordsworth and Coleridge

36
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KNOW:

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Dark is more secretive and concealed away from society and Day is brighter, near society, and more truthful

37
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When and where was Herman Melville born?

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Pittsfield, MA in 1819

38
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What other literary work did Herman Melville write?

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Moby Dick (1851)

39
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What words are used to describe Bartleby?

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ghostly, cadaverous, pale, boring

40
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The quote, “Slavery proved as injurious to her as it did to me,” is from ____________.

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Frederick Douglass?

41
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What did Walt Whitman use in his work that brought about controversy?

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Sexual illustrations and language

42
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What did Walt Whitman try to do with his work?

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“Communicate his vision to those who were blind of its truth.”

43
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In what year was the Seneca Falls Convention and what was it for?

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1848; Women’s rights (but not black women)

44
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What is the typical pattern of a slave narrative?

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  1. Loss of innocence
  2. Realization of enslavement and realization of desire for freedom
  3. Escape
45
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What are some recurring motifs in slave narratives?

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physical abuse, emotional abuse, family, hypocrisy, literacy, quest for freedom

46
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What is the social code that Southern white women had to abide by?

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purity, piety, domesticity, and submissiveness

47
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What was the theme of Sojourner Truth’s women’s rights speech?

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“Ain’t I a woman?”

48
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Romanticism + Unitarianism = ?

A

Transcendentalism

49
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VOCAB: inauspicious

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(adj) unfavorable, unlucky

note: people cannot be inauspicious, only situations or things can be inauspicious

50
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VOCAB: augured

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(v) predicted

51
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VOCAB: indubitably

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(adv) certainly, unquestionably, definately

52
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VOCAB: grievously

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(adv) seriously, badly, intensely

53
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VOCAB: ignominy

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(n) shame, disgrace

54
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VOCAB: remonstrance

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(n) a protest, complaint

note: this is a noun, not a verb

55
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VOCAB: abate

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(v) lessen, decrease, diminish

56
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VOCAB: efficacy

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(n) efficiency, productiveness

57
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VOCAB: insidious

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(adj) sneaky, tricky, dangerous

58
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VOCAB: inscrutable

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(adj) hidden, mysterious, unknown

59
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VOCAB: enmity

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(n) hatred, animosity, dislike

60
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VOCAB: palliate

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(v) cover up, gloss over, camouflage

61
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VOCAB: efficacious

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(adj) efficient, productive

note: adjective form of ‘efficacy’

62
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VOCAB: ethereal

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(adj) heavenly, celestial, ghostly, intangible

63
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VOCAB: malevolence

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(n) ill will, evil, hatred

64
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VOCAB: deleterious

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(adj) harmful, destructive, damaging

65
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VOCAB: impalpable

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(adj) intangible, unsubstantial, unapparent, indiscernable, useless

66
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VOCAB: capricious

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(adj) erratic, given to sudden change, impulsive

67
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VOCAB: vivacity

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(n) liveliness, energy, enthusiam

68
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VOCAB: asperity

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(n) harshness, bad temper, crabbiness

69
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VOCAB: loquacity

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(n) talkativeness

70
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VOCAB: vicissitude

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(n) change, fluctuation, variation

71
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VOCAB: irrefragable

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(adj) conclusive, definite, final

72
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VOCAB: depredations

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(n) devastation, destruction

73
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VOCAB: effervescence

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  1. (n) foam, fizz, dissolve, bubble

2. (n) enthusiasm, vivacity, exuberance

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